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| | CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) (Linktionary term) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | CPE is the telecommunications equipment owned by an organization and located on its premises. |
 | | CPE equipment includes PBXs (private branch exchanges), telephones, key systems, facsimile products, modems, voice-processing equipment, and video communication equipment. |
 | | Previous to 1996, carriers were not allowed to be involved in the manufacturing, marketing, and sales of this equipment, but to promote competition, Congress opened up the telecommunications markets. |
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